ABRAM JEFFERSON EDMISTEN

Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 32-E: 29
Department: Watauga County, North Carolina, S.O.
End of Watch: June 23, 1952
Cause: AUTO
Age: 66
Years of Service: 8
Description: Sheriff Edmisten was injured in a single-vehicle automobile crash after transporting a convicted inmate to Raleigh. Sheriff Edmisten's vehicle plunged into a ditch and he suffered broken ribs and internal injuries. Sheriff Edmisten was transported to the hospital where he died six days later.
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